From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 384 Where is my huge unmanned fleet?

"Move! Why don't you move!"

On the bridge of the Thirteenth Fleet's flagship, the Fate, Guterres looked at the unmanned fleet in the distance that had been motionless since it broke free from the jump, and roared in anger.

After confirming that the arriving fleet was the Federal Navy's autonomous unmanned fleet, Guterres suddenly felt a sense of sweet reward after all the hard work.

Even if the other side has a huge warship with terrifying combat power, what does it matter? We now have the support of three fleets, which can be said to be the real "advantage is mine".

But soon, Guterres could no longer laugh.

Because he found that these three unmanned fleets had been maintaining a certain "standby" state after leaving the jump, neither launching an attack nor evacuating, but watching quietly in the space where they were.

At the same time, all the ships in the fleet were unable to establish contact with the three unmanned fleets. At first, Guterres thought that the Atlas fleet had launched an electronic warfare, so it was unable to contact the reinforced unmanned fleet.

But when the fleet sent out light signals but still received no response, Guterres felt disappointed.

Although the unmanned fleet has extremely high autonomous combat capabilities, it is still used to assist the main fleet in the Federal Navy's combat sequence.

Except for very rare high-risk combat missions where the unmanned fleet will be sent out on its own, in other cases the unmanned fleet will cooperate with other friendly fleets in the galaxy and will also accept the command of the friendly fleet commander.

Therefore, the current situation where these three unmanned fleets have not responded is obviously extremely abnormal.

"Is this unmanned fleet going to cause any problems for me right now?!"

At this time, Atlas' main fleet and the small formation led by the Infinity had launched a pincer attack on the remnants of the 13th Fleet.

The Infinity, which was leading the way, became the target of the Federation Fleet's concentrated fire, unsurprisingly, due to its "perfect appearance" and its huge size.

But the warship designers of Atlas Ship had already taken this into consideration, and the configuration of the fusion furnace energy group of '10 auxiliary, 1 secondary, and 1 primary' made the deflection field power of Infinity reach an extremely terrifying level.

After erecting the deflection field, it can be said that the Atlas Fleet was maneuvering under the enemy's concentrated fire. Although the deflection field was maintained, causing the Infinity to be temporarily unable to continue firing, this tactic of attracting firepower could allow the Atlas Fleet to get as close to the Federation's Thirteenth Fleet as possible with minimal losses.

Seeing the Atlas warships rushing towards his own fleet in a hand-to-hand combat posture, and then looking at the unmanned fleet that remained motionless, Guterres fell into despair.

Not every fleet commander can experience going from hell to heaven and then falling from heaven to hell in a battle.

He even began to suspect that a power struggle within the Federation had begun, and that he was transferred to the Pella galaxy purely to kill him here.

Otherwise, why are the fighting power of private enterprises on the other side so strong?

Why did he suddenly replace himself with a 'fool' fleet commander?

And the unmanned fleet that came to support happened to lose control at this critical moment?
"What a coincidence!"

Guterres punched the armrest of the captain's seat, and the fleet command staff beside him panicked when they found that they could not contact the unmanned fleet. Now they were even more frightened.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with the previous guess made by Vice Admiral Guterres. This fleet command staff officer who was temporarily transferred here was indeed here to gild his resume.

As the son of an important congressman, he was already well taken care of in the Federal Navy. Although he learned something at the Naval Academy, it was not much. But under such circumstances, he really had a lot of halo around him.

Chief of the XXth Command Department, record holder of the academy's simulated battle, champion of the 'Command Knife Cup' academy fleet command competition, and holder of the most concurrent girlfriends.
As the war between the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire began, he also followed the fleet to the front line - but it was a fleet with a second-rate combat readiness level, and the galaxy it was heading to was just an area where the fighting on the front line was not fierce.

This time he was transferred to the 13th Fleet, and it was indeed to "beautify" his resume.

Because before the battle began, both his family and himself thought that the battle on Pella IV would be an easy "armed parade". After all, the opponent was just a civilian enterprise, and the Thirteenth Fleet had been fighting the main fleet since the outbreak of the war, so this battle could be said to be a foregone conclusion!

Thinking of this, the congressman's son no longer cared about his year-end personal evaluation report. He could tell the difference between promotion and life.

"General, let's retreat. If we continue like this, we will have to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and then none of us will be able to escape!"

"Do you think I don't want to leave?" Guterres' tone now carried a hint of helplessness.

He looked at the Atlas fleet approaching from two directions, and the heavy armored combat boats that completed a circle around the planet and came back from another direction, and shook his head in despair.

"It's too late for us to leave."
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"Boss, are you sure the unmanned fleet has been controlled???"

On the bridge of the Hermes, Cliffs was also in a daze at the moment. After receiving the emergency communication from Amber and learning that the unmanned fleet would not launch any more attacks, the fleet commander felt like he had heard some fantasy.

"You still don't believe me? When have I ever lied to you~"

"I understand!" Although he always felt it was a little unbelievable, Cleves chose to believe Amber unconditionally at this time.

There is no other reason, I'm just used to believing it.

"The enemy has probably discovered the situation of the unmanned fleet. I judge that they will soon lose their will to fight, so you must seize this opportunity to seize control of the sky in one fell swoop. In this way, the initiative will fall into our hands!
Also, if the enemy surrenders, don’t kill them all, just control their warships and personnel.”

There was a hint of fatigue in Amber's voice, and the background noise of the communication was very lively. For Cleves, who was familiar with his boss's style, he quickly guessed that Amber was communicating while fighting again.

"Yes, Boss! Just focus on the battle. Leave the fleet battle to us. We will definitely not let you down!"

The call between heaven and earth ended quickly, and Cleves felt relieved.

If the three unmanned fleets do not engage in battle, then he will have enough confidence to defeat the enemy in front of him.

"All fleets, engage in hand-to-hand combat! Eject all HCPs on board!"
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"So how did you do it? And how come your skin changed after you went up there?"

In the cockpit of the Titan with optical stealth and forced cooling turned on, Amber, who was hiding in a hidden spot to take a temporary rest and replenish her energy, asked Lilith who had returned while taking a bite of an energy bar.

After seeing this changed strong artificial intelligence, Amber realized that something must have happened, but he never expected that Lilith would take down three unmanned fleets with just one move.

"Master, this cannot be explained in just a few words. Anyway, please believe me, these three unmanned fleets are under your absolute control."

After being shrunk, Lilith's new virtual image floated around in the cockpit with the help of holographic projection equipment. She looked very happy and even lay directly next to Amber's ear in the end.

"Why don't you try to find a way to win this battle first, and then I'll explain it to you in detail?"

"Okay. Don't do anything weird to me."

Amber also knew that this was not the time to discuss these things. He finished the entire energy bar in two or three bites and swallowed it with drinking water, then regained control of his body and stood up.

When the machine was in burst mode, the psychic crystals exposed by the unfolding of multiple external armor plates began to emit a light blue psychic light again.

With the help of the zoom of the body's optical sensor, he saw a convoy speeding on the road in the distance. The command cabin vehicle in the middle, disguised as a kitchen vehicle, had already been marked out.

"Van Fleet, huh? I want to see how much ammunition you can muster to deal with me."

(End of this chapter)